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5 dead in Northern Kentucky fire

Five bodies have been recovered from a fatal fire on Brooksville-Powersville Road in Bracken County, police said.

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Updated: 11:36 PM EDT Jul 13, 2013

5 dead in Northern Kentucky fire

Five bodies have been recovered from a fatal fire on Brooksville-Powersville Road in Bracken County, police said.

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Updated: 11:36 PM EDT Jul 13, 2013

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WEBVTT <we knew that all the screaminghad done stopped by the time wewas trying to get him not to goback inA LOCAL MOTHER... AND HER FOURCHILDREN BELIEVED TO BE DEAD...AFTER THEIR HOME GOES UP INFLAMES. TONIGHT A KENTUCKYCOMMUNITY TRYING TO COME TOTERMS WITH THE TRAGEDY.POLICE HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THEFIVE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD INSIDE ABRACKEN COUNTY HOME. BUT WORDSPREAD QUICKLY AROUND THE SMALL,TIGHT KNIT TOWN ... AND ALREADYTHEY'VE COME TOGETHER.(word of this tragedy travelledfast in this small town ofbrookesville, and as you can seebehind me, the community wastedno time in coming together tosupport one another)( some of us may know the familyvery well. others may just knowthem as aquaintences but itdoesn't matter they're a part ofour community and so we aretouched by this)DOZENS IN MOURNING FILLED THEBRACKEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLBLEACHERS TONIGHT--TRYING TOUNDERSTAND THE UNTHINKABLE.(derrick yelton/ director tigerfootball for bracken county) (the oldest boy played forbracken county the high schoolthe other one was in band andthen the smaller one the smallerone played football for us hehad just started)NEIGHBORS TELL US THOSE THREEBOYS, THEIR SISTER, AND THEIRMOTHER COULDN'T GET OUT OF THISHOME IN TIME. THE HEAT WAS SOINTENSE...IT MELTED THE SIDINGOF THE HOME ACROSS THE STREET.NEXTOOR NEIGHBOR MICHAEL THOMASLOST HIS GARAGE IN THE BLAZE-(michael thomas/ neighbor) ( itspretty scary when your housecome this close to burning plumdown too. i lost a few things inthe garage, but that's minorcrap. what"s worse i lost myfriends)HE TELLS US A FAMILY OF 8 LIVEDHERE. TWO ESCAPED OUT OUT A TOPSTORY WINDOW....A THIRD PERSONWAS FLOWN TO UC MEDICAL CENTER.THOMAS SAYS HE HAD TO KEEP THATFATHER FROM GOING BACK IN AFTERHIS WIFE AND KIDS.(michael thomas/ neighbor) (didn't want to hold him back butwhat can i say about yourfriends. we knew that all thescreaming had done stopped bythetime we was trying to get himnot to go back in)STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASEDTHE NAMES OF ALL FIVE VICTIMS...THEY SAY THEY'LL HAVE TO RELYDENTAL RECORDS TO MAKE POSITIVEIDENTIFICATION.BUT THERE ARE HARDER QUESTIONSLINGERING IN THE MINDS OFFRIENDS AND FAMILY TONIGHT. HOWA FAMILY COULD BE TAKEN SO FAST,SO SOON. AND HOW TO MOVE ON.(derrick yelton/ director tigerfootball for bracken county) (how do you deal with that idon't know. pray for em prayfor the survivors for the familyfor the people in the communityits all i can do)(state police tell us theirinvestigators were on sceneinto the afternoon today, tryingto determine the cause of thisfire. in bracken county, jc,wlwt news 5.)TONIGHT A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IS

5 dead in Northern Kentucky fire

Five bodies have been recovered from a fatal fire on Brooksville-Powersville Road in Bracken County, police said.